Refocusing My Family Quotes

“I was unable to deny my love for Jesus, but equally unable to make my love toward women disappear.”
― Amber Cantorna, Refocusing My Family: Coming Out, Being Cast Out, and Discovering the True Love of God

“I couldn't earn my way into heaven any more than I could earn my way out of being gay.”
― Amber Cantorna, Refocusing My Family: Coming Out, Being Cast Out, and Discovering the True Love of God

“But if you dig deep enough, I believe you will discover a God that is bigger than your box.”
― Amber Cantorna, Refocusing My Family: Coming Out, Being Cast Out, and Discovering the True Love of God

“I never dreamed that one day I would be married to a woman, and that my dad's position at Focus would divide me from my family, rather than keep us focused on it, but that's what happened.”
― Amber Cantorna, Refocusing My Family: Coming Out, Being Cast Out, and Discovering the True Love of God

“It was understood that I would always be kind and gracious and show up with a smile.”
― Amber Cantorna, Refocusing My Family: Coming Out, Being Cast Out, and Discovering the True Love of God

“Once I came out and told her I was gay, everything she thought about me changed. In her eyes, I was no longer the daughter she knew, or the daughter she raised, or the daughter she loved.”
― Amber Cantorna, Refocusing My Family: Coming Out, Being Cast Out, and Discovering the True Love of God

“Speaking the truth in love' is often used as a free pass that allows Christians to say whatever they want. As a result, it has driven many not only away from the church, but from a relationship with God.”
― Amber Cantorna, Refocusing My Family: Coming Out, Being Cast Out, and Discovering the True Love of God